Joey.G

Yeah I saw that and grabbed a s/s, no idea what it is though

Appeared and went pow in 10 mins, someones getting a humdinger! Edit: ^ lol

Awesome video from Bangor there Intrepid. Im too far inland in Reading to see anything I think. Just on here because of the small discreet cell down in the channel, its got a intense core and sferics been recorded for at least two hours at this trundles slowly parallel to the coastline. Perhaps something to look out for along the south coast tonight

Thats awesome, glad so many people got some spectacular weather today Doubt you'll see this jamo_s but I left after I read that and Im so glad I did! Best storm of the year for me. Best Ive seen in the UK since 15th June last year in Norfolk. Infact good enough that Im only a little jealous of you West Midlanders! There was no hail where it went over me (Newbury Showground J13 M4) but I saw some CGs on approach and whales mouth, followed by some fantastic IC bolts. Then as the sun came out after it backlit the clouds and gave some brilliant crepuscular effects and a rainbow with lightning still going on. Twas a good watering for the storm drought wastes of my mind :blink:

Plenty of sferics detected in the line currently stretching south of Swindon, any first hand reports from this? Im thinking of heading out into the traffic....

Looks like those very Eastern parts of Kent could be about to get a wake up call from some small cells that have popped up in the channel just West of that MCS feature currently over NE France.. Didnt expect there the CF to be here (Reading) already this morning, hopefully it will continue to clear away rapidly leaviing some space for a bit of insolation. Ill be chasing NNE from Reading up toward The Wash, after the West Midlands I recon this will be the best place to be. Good luck everyone, heres hoping for something spectacular

Looks like it! Nice capture

Looks like a small potent shower over C London atm, I can see convection in the distance off to the east from here in Reading. Wish I was closer but im not about to head to the M25 at this time of day for a chase lol

Some heavy showers developing and moving NE toward London. Think its a chase day

Had a solitary rumble and brief shower here in Reading at ~1.30pm as that feature passed over. So unexpected. The cb was recognisible only as a darker patch in the sky, not very dramatic although the rain shaft was visible. Most of which never made it to ground. Skies continue to be totally overcast here with the milky muggy look of plume days of yore. Just remembered I need to change my location in profile to Reading! Sorry Gloucester people, I have deserted you, Im almost tempted to call myself a part of the SE now, ill certainly be there more often next summer :blink:

Looks like some really heavy rain pulsing up the cold front off the west coast at the mo, theres been a few sferics here and there too. Heres to a stormy week :lol:

Sounds like a pileus cloud, one of my favs Electrical activity has increased as the line travells East and is now quite active. Also it looks like the southern end of the line has extended and now some potent showers have cropped up in southern counties, exciting times for the Kesurex area! Looks like the likelihood of us Westerners seeing anything more today has all but vanished

Seems the Northern end has registered a few sferics, more than just Nuneaton. I just intercepted the line near Fairford where from the radar it looked pretty intense, brief heavy rain (medium droplets) and gusty winds were all I got here, no thunder

Chased that cell for a while, wasnt planning it so I was playing catchup and I got stuck in rush hour traffic Had a great view of it while driving north from chelt on the M5 prob about 16.15 - It had this awesome tail of scud feeding up the side of a hill into the cloud base which was a good few hundred metres higher than the hill. It lost this as it cleared the hill and developed what looked like a hail shaft on the SW edge, I think the radar shows it at 17.15. I havnt seen any reports of hail though so could have been the sun shining on a rain shaft I guess. Didnt see any lightning, prob too far away from the action and no piccies either! If using a phone while driving is illegal then taking photos is probably not the best idea... Edit: UKWW topic on same cell, so it was hail the loweings pictured here are not what I was describing above though, that was viewed from the M5 as the storm came up the side of the hill West of Evesham... Would have loved to have been in Upton Snodsbury! (real place, thank you V5 beta)

I thought it was pretty quiet too considering Showers have been reluctant to really get going but will almost certainly beef up through the afternoon. I can see the line out to my West at the mo, can just see a bit of a glaciation peaking out the top too, I think its the cell showing on radar at Hereford. Any reports from underneath these showers? Are they very photogenic? Wondering if its worth going for a mosey with my camera..

The anticipation is half the fun! Talking long way off, GFS shows a plume next monday (23rd) Dreamcasting at that range I know but nice to see Its even drawn a picture:

I can see plenty CBs headed this way, were not done for the day. If you drive you should go find somewhere to watch!

Those are some gorgeous cauliflower tops and little pilius on there too, I can almost feel the warmth of the sun and the humidity in the air from that pic. Awesome Edit:Bit late but I can confirm T+L on the cell that went thru Glos. Had quite a few rumbles and a couple of flashes, including one very close one up here on the hills

Well its feeling a lot more stormy here now, small new cell went up over Glos and now a strong new updraught is pulling scud up right in front of me. when this has passed thru I should have a view of the CBs toward Birmingham hopefully

Well, heres how grey it is here, heavy shower just passed through, the last of the scud tendrils are in the forefront while in the background the sky is darkening again heralding the next one... Still feels too cool for anything really exciting here Hope that comes out ok, kinda hard to tell on a laptop under natural light.

Watching it go by from up on Birdlip now great place for spotting but vis is very poor atm. Gonna stay here. Might post some 'live skies' pics

Yar I see it now, only wondered because this time yesterday storms were already underway, but there hadnt been the overnight rain we had last night

I dont want to write today off yet either but the radar was looking more promising a few hours ago than it is now. Low surface heating levels are expected, forcing is forecast to come from cz/troughs and at least one trough is present so the distinct lack of activity is puzzling to me. NW radar overlay has the main area of CAPE still off the East coast and reluctant to build inland, perhaps a bit of solar energy would help start things off. If the murk hangs on it looks like it could be a total drizzle-out! Edit: Thanks Neil, seems the cover is breaking just a little in some places so Ill be patient

Not so off the coast any more and looking interesting

From the TORRO convective discussion: In addition, fine-mesh models depict a complicated surface wind pattern, especially close to the WSW'ward moving trough, but also along the south coast of England. Larger scale models also indicated a surface convergence zone close to the south coast of England. Low LCLs along with surface convergence mean that funnels and a few weak tornadoes are possible today, especially across the southern half of the area. Forecaster: RPK The MetO Surface charts show the trough aligned from the South coast North up to the Peak District by midday. Maybe not too far to drive!